Nurses

Clare O'Neill

Maria Scannell

Lisa Stockdale

Sharon Crowley

Our practice nurses are available by appointment Monday to Friday. They are responsible for promoting and maintaining good health. They can advise on travel and child immunisations, diet, smoking cessation, alcohol control and carry out general health checks and smears. They see patients with asthma, COPD, diabetes and well woman checks (for patients on contraception), HRT, general health checks, smears and IUD checks. They also monitor hypertension (high blood pressure) and lipids (cholesterol).

Healthcare Assistants

Jill Bindloss

Sandra Regan

Our health care assistants are trained to carry out new patient health checks, over 75 health checks and also free health and cholesterol checks. They assist GPs in their minor surgery clinics and perform basic checks to assist the practice nurses. They also monitor patients who have been diagnosed and are on treatment for hypertension and give advice on smoking cessation. They are not, however, fully trained nurses and therefore cannot give clinical advice.

Practice Management

Miss Claire Rowland (f)

Practice Manager

Miss Rowland has the responsibility of managing both staff and finances on behalf of the doctors and ensuring that the practice is run in an efficient and friendly manner.

Mrs Wendy McDonagh

Patient Services Manager

Mrs McDonagh takes care of the day-to-day running of this busy GP surgery and will be only too happy to answer any questions you have. She is available to listen to you if you have any comments or complaints about the service we provide and welcomes any suggestions you may have on how to improve the service.

Administration

Mrs Elizabeth Coyle

Clinical Administrator

Mrs Coyle takes care of all the clinical admin tasks required to keep a busy GP surgery running smoothly and she is available at most times of the day if you have any questions regarding services offered at Davyhulme Medical Centre.

Reception

Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries.

Community Midwives

Community midwives work with the doctors to provide care for mothers before and after delivery and care of the baby for the first fortnight of life. Clinics are held on a Thursday morning each week here at the surgery.

Telephone: 0161 746 2858 (24-hour number).

Community Nurses

District nurses provide nursing treatment to the housebound and patients recently discharged from hospital. They also run sessions at Woodsend Clinic daily between 2.00 and 3.00pm, Monday to Friday (except bank holidays). They can help with minor injuries, dressings, injections and removal of stitches. These sessions are by appointment only and can be booked by ringing 0300 323 0303.

Health Visitors

Health visitors visit all families with children under five years of age. They provide information, health promotion, advice and support to all age groups.

Telephone: 0161 748 2820

Macmillan Nurses

The Macmillan nurse visits and cares for patients living with cancer in their homes and gives advice and support to their families.